Category: Political science

Prompt: How economically unequal are we in the United States? What are 2-3 important causes of this economic inequality that you think deserve consideration? How are these causes related to each other, if at all? What is one way in which government could alter policies to address economic inequality? What is one limitation on government intervention to address economic inequality?
Instructions: The answer should be 5-7 pages, double-spaced, in a normal font. In your answer, please be sure to cite at least three of the readings provided. Please use specific evidence and citations. You may also cite additional materials, but it is not required.

LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO WRITE A VALID THESIS, GOOD FLOW, NOT CLICHE CONCLUSION
also don’t use “in conclusion” in the the conclusion be creative there. 
My professor is really old school, and so just doing it old school is the best way. No sources needed!!!
For this take-home final, you are to answer the question below  Essay must be 3-4 full pages, typed, and double-spaced in a 12-point font.     As the essays are to be written in the same manner as those for a blue book exam, you do not need to cite sources and provide footnotes. However, they must be written as formal essays.  To complete the exam, you may rely on notes, handouts, readings, and other class materials.  No outside sources will be allowed.  Exams are due by 11:59 p.m. May 8, 2024.  AS THIS IS AN EXAM, NO EXTENSIONS TO THE DEADLINE WILL BE GRANTED. 
As you prepare to write your essays, look at the questions you choose carefully, as they will provide the thesis and points you will be arguing to support them
MAIN QUESTION
How does the system of checks and balances operate?  How does the executive, legislative, and judicial branches work together in this arrangement?  Are they effective in keeping each other in check?

Navigating the Intersection of Truth and Rights in Democratic Governance: A Critical Analysis Essay 
2000 words
Based on the two chapters solely ( attached to the files)
Base it on the essay outline 
Essay Outline:
I. Introduction
– Overview of the central themes explored in the two texts, “Democratic Enlightenment and its Discontents” and “Democracy in the Mature Enlightenment”
– Statement of purpose: To critically analyze the discourse surrounding the relationship between truth, individual rights, and democratic governance as depicted in the texts
– Thesis statement: Through a nuanced examination of the arguments presented in the texts, this essay aims to elucidate the complexities inherent in reconciling Enlightenment principles with the imperatives of modern democracy.
Absolutism vs. Fallibilism: Evolution of Enlightenment Thought
– Examination of the transition from absolutist conceptions of truth to fallibilism within the Enlightenment tradition, as delineated in “Democracy in the Mature Enlightenment”
– Analysis of how this transition informs competing perspectives on political authority and the pursuit of truth in democratic societies, drawing from insights in the text
– Evaluation of the implications of fallibilism for democratic governance and the challenges it poses to traditional notions of political legitimacy and decision-making processes
Safeguarding Individual Rights in Democratic Systems
– Critical assessment of historical apprehensions regarding democracy’s impact on individual rights, as elucidated in both texts
– Comparative analysis of the efficacy of democratic governance in upholding individual rights vis-à-vis nondemocratic regimes, with reference to examples provided in the texts
– Examination of proposed strategies for mitigating the potential threats to individual rights within democratic systems while preserving political stability and social order, as outlined in the texts
Contemporary Challenges and Democratic Innovation
– Identification and analysis of contemporary challenges facing democratic governance, such as the influence of money in politics and the erosion of public discourse, based on insights from both texts
– Evaluation of innovative solutions proposed in the texts for addressing these challenges, particularly in terms of enhancing democratic accountability and fostering robust public debate
– Critique of the feasibility and effectiveness of these proposed solutions in light of current political realities and institutional constraints, drawing upon examples and arguments presented in the texts
Synthesis: Toward a Holistic Democratic Framework
– Integration of key insights from the analysis of both texts to propose a holistic approach to democratic governance that reconciles the imperatives of truth-seeking and rights protection
– Proposal of pragmatic strategies for enhancing democratic accountability, promoting civic engagement, and safeguarding individual rights within the framework of the mature Enlightenment principles, as discussed in the texts
– Reflection on the broader implications of navigating the intersection of truth and rights in democratic governance, emphasizing the importance of ongoing dialogue, experimentation, and institutional reform
Conclusion
– Recapitulation of the main arguments and insights derived from the critical analysis of the two texts
– Assertion of the significance of navigating the complexities of truth and rights within democratic governance, underscored by the insights gleaned from the texts
– Call to action for policymakers, scholars, and citizens to engage in proactive measures aimed at strengthening democratic institutions and upholding the core principles of the mature Enlightenment in contemporary society

I am uploading the final outline per my professors orders. Please review thoroughly. The author must follow directions. 
This paper is based on the book Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Balin. Writer must have access to this book because this paper is soley based off this book and my text book. I only have a hard copy of the book so I can not provide you with the book. 
The other source is based out of my textbook The Art of Leadership by George Manning 7th edition. I do have this book online but it would be easier if writer did have access to this book as well. 
The third source can be from anywhere just please make sure it is requitable and cited correctly. 
Feel free to message me with any questions

Pick one political issue and discuss how any one of the following topics explains and/or is partly responsible for the existence of the issue.
Congress
The executive branch
The judiciary
Federalism
Civil liberties 
Civil rights
Public opinion

Presentation guidelines and mandatory reading source will be in the file attached. The presentation is about Primordialism and modernism and can it go beyond that. The key points that need to be mentioned in the presentation and be leveraged are that neither of those are good choices and neither offers a lesser evil as they’re both equally evil. Primordialism is too deterministic and absolute in the sense that it doesn’t account for change or evolution, and Modernism as we know it is far too eurocentric and capitalist for me to be able to agree with. Modernism fails because it reporduces capitalism. I think we should let go of our history and culture and traditions; Islam is a part of the Maldives’ history, culture, and traditions; a large part in fact. And what you call culture in the Maldives are largely based off of superstition in the past – it is mixed with Islam, and now it has reproduced itself into a culture of patriarchy, closeted misogyny, violent repression, and homogeneity. And then comes in modernism, with capitalist modernisation, those things have in fact evolved into modernist frameworks. Now we have ancient rites and rituals except “modernised” and mass reproduced as an instrument of the political and economic machine in capitalism. Cultures change and evolve – Impermanence paired with equitable, compassionate social evolution at a collective level is best. The issue is that when you ask which one is better – primordialism or modernism the question in and of itself is that it creates a dichotomy, and dichotomies are never helpful. Look beyond the question and the choices you’re given. Please do not use sources from books, just articles from google scholar apart from the source mentioned in the mandatory reading in the presentation guidelines file.

This extra credit assignment is to write an essay that is a historical evaluation of a feature film related to American History. 
This should not simply be a summary of a movie or a critical review in which you discuss whether or not it is a good film. Your focus is to tell me specific ways in which this movie has historical value and specific ways in which it is probably inaccurate. To do this well, you should focus on the following questions: (Do NOT write answers to each of these questions in order. These questions are listed in order to clarify what you should be writing about.)
What does this movie teach you about the historical period?
How accurately does the movie portray the events/trends of the period?
What issues/events discussed in class are portrayed in this movie?
What was your opinion of the movie as a whole? (Did you learn very much?)                                                                            
In addition to watching the movie and giving your individual impressions, some extra research will increase your chances of getting the maximum number of points. Here are a couple of ideas:
Do some careful reading on the period, both in your textbook and, if possible, on the internet. This will help you to evaluate the accuracy of the movie.
See if you can find movie reviews on the internet in order to determine what historians think of the film. If you read some reviews on-line, make sure that you list the references. (See plagiarism policy.) Do not use ChatGPT or any other AI software to help you write the essay. 
Plagiarism policy
A person is guilty of plagiarism if at any time he or she copies another writer’s words or uses his or her original idea without giving that person credit. Since there is an enormous amount of information on the internet, it is very tempting for students to simply copy things from a web site and assume that they will never get caught. Please do not attempt to do this. If you use another person’s words, put them in quotation marks and cite your source of information at the end of the paper. If anything that you write is influenced by research that you have done, also list those sources of information at the end of your paper. At many colleges plagiarism can lead to expulsion. In this class, it will result in a grade deduction. (Please keep in mind that your submitted assignment will go through a plagiarism checker before I read it.)
List of Movies Arranged by Topic
The West / Relations with Native Americans
Dances With Wolves                                                   
Cheyenne Autumn
Little Big Man                                                                                                               
Lonesome Dove (mini-series)
I Will Fight No More Forever                                           
Son of the Morning Star
Geronimo (1993)                                                      
The Long Riders
Wyatt Earp                                                                   
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Open Range                                                                  
Ulzana’s Raid
Tombstone                                                                   
Young Guns
Miscellaneous Topics (1877-1920)
Edison, the Man                                                                                    
The Winds of Kitty Hawk (First Airplane flight)
Rough Riders (Spanish-American War)                   
Chaplin                                                                                                                         
Little Women                                                                                                    
Wilson
Iron Jawed Angels (Women’s Suffrage)
World War I
All Quiet on the Western Front                           
Westfront 1918
Sergeant York
The Lost Battalion
1920s
Inherit the Wind                                    
The Roaring 20’s
The Great Gatsby                                   
Black Legion
The Untouchables                                
The Cotton Club
The Front Page (1931)                                  
Chicago
Great Depression
The Grapes of Wrath                           
Cradle Will Rock
All The King’s Men                           
The Journey of Natty Gann
Our Daily Bread                                                            
Modern Times
Bound for Glory                                
King of the Hill
Places in the Heart                        
Cinderella Man
Immigration / Experience of American Immigrants
Avalon                                                                         
Hester Street                                         
Mi Familia
American Tail                                                   
Salt of the Earth
Work Conditions / Labor Movement
Matewan                                                          
F.I.S.T                                                 
Black Fury
The Molly Maguires                   
Sounder
Experiences of African-Americans (pre-World War II)
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman                    
Roots (volume 6)        
The Great Debaters
To Kill a Mockingbird                                                     
Freedom Road              
The Help
The Color Purple                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
World War II
Flags of Our Fathers                           
Pearl Harbor                                                     
Macarthur                                                        
Patton
Tora! Tora! Tora!                           
The Big Red One           
Battleground
Midway                                                                                    
Saving Private Ryan           
The Halls of Montezuma
The Longest Day                            
Windtalkers
Come See the Paradise                           
Snow Falling on Cedars
Civil Rights Movement / Experience of African Americans (post-World War II)
Malcolm X                                                                                                       
The Long Walk Home                   
The Butler
Ghosts of Mississippi                                   
Mississippi Burning                   
Selma
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner                           
A Raisin in the Sun                   
Hidden Figures
42                                                                    
The Cold War/ Anti-Communism
Thirteen Days                                                                
The Right Stuff
The Russians are Coming! The Russians are Coming!                    
Dr. Strangelove
The Red Menace                                                       
The Manchurian Candidate (1962 version)
The Front                                                                                                                                 
Guilty by Suspicion
Men in War                                                                                                                              
Pork Chop Hill
Good Night and Good Luck                                               
J Edgar
1950s / Suburban Culture
The Best Years of Our Lives     
Gentleman’s Agreement       
American Graffiti             
Quiz Show                           
Rebel Without a Cause            
Blackboard Jungle
Pleasantville                          
Man in the Gray Flannel Suit      
Kinsey
Mona Lisa Smile
Vietnam War
Platoon                                                                                     
Full Metal Jacket                   
Flight of the Intruder
The Deer Hunter           
Born on the Fourth of July           
The Hanoi Hilton
Apocalypse Now           
Coming Home                                                                           
Go Tell the Spartans
We Were Soldiers
The Quiet American                  
Hamburger Hill
Heaven and Earth    
Go Tell the Spartans
1960s
The Doors                            
JFK                 
Easy Rider                
Across the Universe
Forrest Gump                        
Hair                 
The Graduate
1970s
All the President’s Men (Watergate)                   
The Final Days (Watergate)
Nixon                                                       
Norma Rae
Network                                                   
Frost/Nixon
The China Syndrome                                     
Argo
Lakota Woman, Siege at Wounded Knee
1980s – Present
Wall Street                                    
Roger and Me                                            
Zero Dark Thirty    
United 93
Three Kings                                                                              
Thanks of a Grateful Nation (Gulf War)                   
Jarhead
Philadelphia                                                                               
Pirates of Silicon Valley                            
An Inconvenient Truth
The Insider                                                                               
Traffic                                                                                                             
Charlie Wilson’s War
A Civil Action                                                                           
Primary Colors                                                                                      
“W”
Erin Brockovich                                
Black Hawk Down                                  
The Social Network
Bowling for Columbine                            
Fahrenheit 911                                              
Bob Roberts

This will be a research paper on Costa Rica and the voting behavior that has occurred. It should highlight the main components in how Costa Rica became the democracy it is today. The professor is very strict on follwing directions so writer should thoroughly review the rubric before drafting the paper. I will attach six sources, as well as the instructions, and my first draft which the writer can go off of. 

I have attached instructions for the essay exam and powerpoint presentation from the course to help. 

Focus on the history of mass incarceration in the United States and hiw it has historically affected black people